Alison Zeidman is a comedy writer who likes to write jokes about things that aren’t funny. In addition to her Emmy- and WGA-nominated work covering the slow, embarrassing death of American democracy on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, she was previously Head Writer and Co-Executive Producer for Adam Ruins Everything, and her humor essays on fun topics like grief, illness, anxiety and depression have been featured in the New York Times. Recently, she’s also written an episode for the upcoming season of Archer, and her workplace sitcom The Dead Beat is currently in development with Samantha Bee attached to executive produce.